The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10

A PAPAL rescript hes been issued order-
ing that high mass and the Te Deum b
sung in al Catholic churches Of England
in honor Of the Queens jubilee.
NEGOTIATIONS are proceeding between
Germany and Austria regarding the Rus
sian ukase prohibiting aliens holding land
in russia It 10 probable that . concerted
representation viii be made to the Russian
Government that the ukAse interferes with
the proprietary rights Of German and Aus
trian subjects.
The Canadian Government has made dill
gent inquiry by telegraph into the some
what alarming reports that were being sent
to the papers from Winnipeg and Ottawa
regarding the condition Of affairs at b.
touche and other half-breed settlements in
the Northwest. Reliable information on
the subject il to the effect that the half
breeds are in poverty and inclined to
grumble, which appears to be the whole
story.
EARL SPENCER, speaking at Rugby, Eng,
the other evening, said he could not ap-
prove the plan Of campaign, but that it
was somewhat excused by the course the
Government had adopted. The true way
to meet it, he said, was to find some remedy
against the eviction of tenants suffering
from unjust rents. Unless that was done
the Government would have serious work
in ireland the coming winter.
A GREAT fire at Hamburg, Germany, on
the night Of the 3lst, destroyed docks, YES
sells and other property amounting to mil
lions of marks.
THOMAS SPENCER BAYNE, the noted Brit
ish professor of logic and one of the edit
ors Of the Encyclopedias Brittanica, died
recently.
The fund for the relief Of the sufferers
by the Opera Comique fire in Paris amounts
to OO,OOO francs.
TIE yacht race over the Royal Thames
fifty-mile course was won by the Thistle,
which ran the course in six hours. The
Irex covered the distance in six hours and
twenty-three minutes. The Genesta made
the trip in six hours and twenty five min
utes.
A TERRIBLE plague of locusts has visited
the central provinces of Spain. Insects
are 80 thick that gangs Of men have been
sent to clear the railway lines. Crops are
fearfully ravaged.
THE German steamer Oder was wrecked
on Socotra Island. in the Indian ocean, on
May 50. The passengers and most of the
crew were saved. The Oder arrived at
Shanghai April %, from Bremen, and was
probably on her way back when wrecked.
The breaking Of the bikes of the Thesis
river, Austria, recently, resulted in the
submerging Of fifty miles of the AlfOld
plain near Szegedin. 1t was estimated that
the damage would reach &, 100000
A PANIC in the cathedral at Chihuahua,
Mexico, recently, caused by the falling of
Q candle, resulted in the death and injury
of anumber of women and children.
A MERv dispatch says that on May 20 the
Afghans murdered fourteen Bokharan OFF,
Gals at Kerki, on the Amudaria, because
they refused, as alleged, to incite the in
habitants to resist the Russian advance,
and that on the same day Russian de-
tachment occupied kerki without OppOsi-
ton.
THREE powder mills at Frederichs Vark,
Denmark, exploded the other day. Fire
broke out Immediately and caused much
damage. There was no loss of life.
BUSINESS failures Dun's report) during
the seven days ended June were: For
the United States, 1875; for Canada, %;
total, $50, against LIS the previous week,
and 1S7 for the corresponding week of last
year.
A DISPATCH from Anam says: A mandar-
in and 10000 natives have submitted to
the French resident, pledging alliance by
kissing the earth according to the native
custom.
THE Emperor of Germany on the Sd laid
the foundation stone of the Holtenau lock
of the North Sea canal Minister Won
Boetticher read the address and the Presi-
dent of the Reichstag presented the Emper-
or with the trowel and hammer, whereup-
on the Emperor tapped the stone with the
hammer.
THE commercial agent at New Caledonia,
South Pacific ocean, has reported to the
Department of State that convicts in that
colony are being liberated with the under
standing that they must not settle in any
English or French colony, and consequently
the majority of them 60 to San Francisco.
The Augemeime Zeitmng. of Vienna, men.
tions that project is limited at to make the
Pope King of Palestine under a guarantee
of protection on the throne by all the
Catholic powers.
In the eviction proceedings at Bodyke,
Ireland, among other things done, swarm
of bees was let loose to obstruct the bail
ifs. The eviction was accomplished after
a struggle Of two hours and o half.
THE other day mob Of miners gathered
in front of house at Jenienaphs, Belgium,
in which the socialist council was sitting.
Refusing to dispense, q detachment Of
troops charged the crowd three times,
wounding many. A prominent anarchist,
named Fannen, was arrested.